I wrote a very basic overview of watermarking, fingerprinting, timing analysis and supernodes for Bitcoin Magazine's last print issue, which is pretty much an unsolicited advertisement for why I think we need a second mempool (and also mixnets, but thats a longer story). Since no one cares about stuff like this on Twitter anyway, I'll explain here.

Bitcoin has a privacy issue on baselayer. I know this. You know this. Everybody knows this. The problem is that there's a lot of stuff we can't do to solve this issue without completely fucking up how Bitcoin works, like, say, anonymous amounts. But there is some stuff we *can* do to increase privacy on the Bitcoin baselayer. One of those things is incorporating a second mempool to integrate Dandelion++, the routing protocol used in Monero. Hear me out.

One of the ways blockchain surveillance firms identify who what transactions belong to on the Bitcoin blockchain is by operating so-called supernodes. A supernode sets up as many connections to other nodes as it can, and by doing so can establish where a transaction was first seen in the peer-to-peer network, ergo ascribe whom a transaction belongs to.

Here's where Dandelion++ comes in. Instead of propagating transactions to *all* connected peers, Dandelion++ propagates transactions like, well, a Dandelion.

In Dandelion++ propagation, Bitcoin nodes send transactions to *one* peer, instead of to all of them. This peer sends it to another peer, they send it to another peer, and so on and so forth. This is called the "stem phase".

When we've established enough plausible deniability, Dandelion++ reaches the "fluff phase". At this point, a node that did not *create* the transaction, but is simply relaying it, propagates it to all nodes in the network it is connected to, including supernodes, and the next node does the same, and so on and so forth – business as usual.

Incorporating Dandelion++ (or any other anonymizing propagation protocol, like Dandelion, Dandelion Lite, or Clover) would arguably seriously fuck up the blockchain surveillance stick as we are taking away the most obvious attack vector for blockchain surveillance firms. It's also not a trivial task, see ajtowns' overview of stempools (and no one wants to maintain another mempool on bitcoin, if we're honest). But it's a really interesting proposal to think about to increase privacy on Bitcoin that, yes, would be a lot of work to implement and maintain, but also does not get talked about enough imo for everyone yapping about Bitcoin baselayer privacy.

AJ Towns' Stempool overview: https://gist.github.com/ajtowns/f3a19c33b80750a47c5b83ecf6a09aaf

BM Article:
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/print/whistleblowing-in-the-surveillance-age

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I guess he’s better than the guy pooping his pants in office right now, but still… https://image.nostr.build/1e26dc60b9836e752872e07532b0f10b8cc9fd2764f9263c48da03657b56ae99.jpg


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It was all so peaceful 😑

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Here's how I hit 1 million followers.
https://ron.stoner.com/I_Gained_1_Million_Followers_in_24_Hours/

Key takeaways:

- over half the Nostr listed relays are using some sort of spam mitigation technique(s)
- the attack was still achieveable
- socal media is easily manipulated
- follower counts and engagement are worthless
- content is the real treasure


Don't miss this.

@BlakeKaufman17

https://fountain.fm/episode/9m7NAoiEkBRmupkMURl2


It's a company, not a protocol: https://danromero.org/farcaster-update/

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Read this article anon.

https://mullvad.net/en/why-privacy-matters/going-dark


There will be a lot of Bitcoiners that will regretnot having more kids in 20 years


Since returning from Bitcoin++ in Austin, I've been trying to alternate between working on Lightning one week, and Bitcoin hacking on the other.

Mainly, I've been finishing my Script interpreter cpp modification so I can make more comprehensive benchmarks. I've also given in and ordered a raspberry pi 3, 4 and 5 to benchmark.

I hope to answer the key questions on what a realistic budget for large stack objects should be. In particular, there are four reasonable limits on their size (I'm not considering changing the 1000 stack element limit, since that seems roomy!)

1. 520 bytes. We are here now, but as Script gets better that will be very limiting.
2. 520,000 bytes: simply limit the total stack size, not individual entries.
3. 4,000,000 bytes. This allows you to put the largest possible transaction on the stack. But you need a total limit of at least twice this, so you can make a copy: you can't do much in script without doing this!
4. 400,000 bytes. If number 3 is too much of a reach, this means you can put any standard tx on the stack. Again, you want a total limit of at least twice this.

My laptop, with something stupid like 26MB of level 3 cache, and my build machine with 32MB, can handle this fine. But what about the Pi?

I'll find out next week...


🎧

https://fountain.fm/episode/dXe9ofoqdk80yzgAFdGG


I feel like these new Bitcoin L2s can never go anywhere, even those that aren't scams, because they are tied to companies and centrally controlled, even if not strictly custodial. This is probably valid for Ethereum L2s too, zk-rollups and whatnot.

If you're an external individual or company you shouldn't really be investing time and energy and your brand into a thing that is just another company with zero network-effect. You would have to be part of that growing network-effect and you shouldn't do that organically and for free (this is probably why these things always do a lot of "partnerships"), and we need that organic stuff for Bitcoin to work.


The legal defense fund for Samourai Wallet is now open and accepting donations: https://p2prights.org/

This particular fight is important because the precedent set in this matter will either reinforce the principles that non-custodial wallets are not money transmitters or it will put targets on the backs of all wallet developers.

If you really came here for the freedom tech then get in this fight and show your support. There will not be a second chance to repair the damage done  if the DOJ is not stopped here and now.


GM Nostr ☕

Couldn't have said it better myself. Please consider contributing whatever you can.

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the future of damus is a marketplace of turing complete, sandboxed edge algorithms powered by nostrdb. edge algorithms means no relay overhead. efficient, private, scalable, where new algorithms can be created, shared and sold without limits.

I just figured out a solid plan on how to make this happen. I’ve started building it today. This may be bigger than zaps 💥


Nostr is what Bitcoin Twitter was always meant to be.


Hey Nostr, hope you’re sleeping

Here’s a nostr exclusive sneak peak of our 60fps epaper

Keep it here only for the next 12 hours 🤫💤
https://m.primal.net/IIaT.mov


👀

i’ve played with the physical device and the materials are beautiful

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The traditional banking model achieves a level of privacy by limiting access to information to the parties involved and the trusted third party. The necessity to announce all transactions publicly precludes this method, but privacy can still be maintained by breaking the flow of information in another place: by keeping public keys anonymous. The public can see that someone is sending an amount to someone else, but without information linking the transaction to anyone. This is similar to the level of information released by stock exchanges, where the time and size of individual trades, the "tape", is made public, but without telling who the parties were.


"Money is not arbitrary. If you look at the history of money you see all different things such as textiles, Yap stones [...] and it's not arbitrary they are very consistent things like unforgeable costliness, the demand for scarce supply and the durability." —Nick Szabo


1. Best production ready implementation is probably: https://github.com/lovvtide/satellite-cdn
2. Reference implementation by hzrd194: https://github.com/hzrd149/blossom-server
3. My proof of concept that runs on CloudFlare Free tier for personal use: https://git.v0l.io/florian/cf-worker-blossom-server


Okay Nostr peeps we need to talk. I know Ive been on here for like 5 minutes and Im already complaining but hear me out.

Id really like to publish my newsletter directly on Nostr. You dont need to worry about clicking an extra link, I dont need to worry about writing a stupid summary, everyone is happy.

But here‘s the problem. Iris shows link previews and organizes pics where they are placed in the text. Primal does the same, but doesnt show link previews. Damus shows link previews, but organizes pics in a carousel. If I post both pics and link previews, the content repeats and gets unnecessarily long. If I dont, everything is all over the place.

Can you guys like get together and have a standard for this or something? Because that would be pretty helpful. Thanks!


Someone told me that extolling the virtues of nostr sovereignty won't help adoption and the only thing that matters is UX.

I think they're right when it comes to mass adoption. But I believe that in order for mass adoption to happen, we first must build a base of ideologically motivated early adopters who won't mind rough UX.

It's the fringe early adopters who will be willing to put in the work necessary to get us to mass adoption.


#Bitcoin isn’t changing you; it’s helping you discover your true self ⚡

#Nostr #Plebchain #Zap

https://m.primal.net/IIbz.jpg


Bug or feature?

Keychat does not support message read receipts, typing indicators, or last seen functions.


"Protesters gather in front of the Pantheon in Rome in support of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange" #FreeAssangeNOW

https://www.yahoo.com/news/protesters-gather-front-pantheon-rome-064206212.html


> For every Euro confiscated, 200€ are spent. This means that the EU's AML compliance costs of 144B Euro exceeds all money ascribed to crime per year at 110B Euro – and still, 99% of criminal profits escape confiscation.

Insanity.

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trying to scam the scammer

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New newsletter is out! Behind Enemy Lines: An Excursion into Parallel Societies. Read it below or subscribe for free for weekly updates.

Rage Weekly is a weekly linkdump bringing the best content on financial surveillance and beyond directly to your inbox.

New from The Rage: Open Source Arrests: US Officials Sour on Biden's War on Privacy (you've already seen this but I don't know how to link to notes) https://www.therage.co/us-officials-sour-on-biden-war-on-privacy/

Declaration of Separation republished on Anarplex https://anarplex.sirion.io/hosted/files/declarationseparation.html

https://image.nostr.build/08ab88117856ab6ebb5ad3acf27141ec23451bb85dcf8d0cd9cc858c1204aca3.png

Paralelni Polis' Institute of Cryptoanarchy hosts Pizza Day https://x.com/PizzaDayPrague/status/1791548751942656286

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Ketominer gives a talk on Samourai Wallet at Pizza Day (featuring lots of more great talks) https://pizzaday.cz/

The Rage sends the feds some questions (you've already seen this too and I still don't know how to link to notes) https://x.com/L0laL33tz/status/1791779128447742272

https://image.nostr.build/14de6c1acb7067b61c8c7e4e64427f82b30a31f0bbfed4b1ccf35293ba535790.png

Yellow makes his bank send ecash https://x.com/ICOffenderII/status/1790704693225627751

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Bruce Schneier is still a moron https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/tornado-cash-not-free-speech-its-golem

Tether does some more money laundering https://protos.com/china-busts-2-billion-usdt-money-laundering-operation/

Paolo says he is a good boy https://x.com/paoloardoino/status/1789921257632207233

https://image.nostr.build/fa560250e78c9436c414a1e0527bad2f11e67bc7d34dbc50a8d2c225d219ed3e.png

Former State Dept. Cyber Mike Benz has theories https://x.com/MikeBenzCyber/status/1790606401569427479

https://image.nostr.build/be7dc2564b2e84fd09204e0db886566e4b718e442ed04a7006fd767fe5ea2ddd.png

Black Rock sells paper bitcoin https://x.com/DU09BTC/status/1791020511864246513

https://image.nostr.build/cfdc77b068ccc759f8860864943c4b2d8642a7ca40c4fd1dfb85d4aac8cde6f3.png

Silent Payments overview site is launched https://silentpayments.xyz/

https://image.nostr.build/15e819eb139920ce8979b38c3e00292495248ad25f295d0ff4c3480bc4a3d979.png

US Attorneys discover MEVil https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/two-brothers-arrested-attacking-ethereum-blockchain-and-stealing-25-million

Salame got some sweet Alameda loans to give to politicians https://x.com/leomschwartz/status/1790737620512739501

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IBEX Pay shuts down in US https://x.com/IBEXpay/status/1790814896239620577

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Bolt12 moves forward on LND https://x.com/nitesh_btc/status/1791847412916433095

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Silent Payments coming to Rust Bitcoin https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin/issues/2778

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Silent Payments coming to BlueWallet https://github.com/BlueWallet/SilentPayments

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Bonus due to relevance: Room77's Joerg Platzer's talk at Paralelni Polis Hackers Congress 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfdYmIxbODw


Ever wonder what it was like working for a Bitcoin company in the early days? Did you know users back then were part crazy, part generous?

I started working at BitInstant late 2012, which allowed people to buy Bitcoin with cash. In the fall of 2013, I joined Blockchain(dot)info (BCI). The early days at BCI is what I want to focus on here.

BCI was the biggest non-custodial web wallet & the most used block explorer. I wore many hats as the first employee, but my main job was handling the support tickets.

My first day at BCI was chaos. I logged into Zendesk and saw THOUSANDS of tickets as old as January 2013. There was one guy, Ben Reeves, doing everything since inception. Support wasn't the highest priority.

After initially feeling overwhelmed, I decided to clean things up. I closed all tickets older than a few weeks, and included a message apologizing for the lack of response. I assured people this would no longer be the norm, and to open a new ticket if their issue was ongoing.

I had free reign over my job, and became obsessed with making sure users received help in a reasonable amount of time. It started as a goal to respond within 24 hours of a new ticket, which turned into 12 hours. Within a few months, the average response time was down to 2-4 hours, only because I had to sleep at some point! 😂

I didn't realize how little I knew about Bitcoin until I had to answer tickets about the Bitcoin network itself. After all, we weren't just a web wallet, but a block explorer! I spent many late nights digging around on BitcoinTalk, trying to learn more, so I could help users with their questions. Learning about Bitcoin back then wasn't impossible, but it wasn't easy.

Many early users were shocked to receive a response to their questions. To hear back so quickly was unheard of. There were many Bitcoin projects back then, but most didn't have dedicated support staff. If you received a response, it would be from the founder or some other developer. These guys didn't have the resources to tackle support, especially in a timely manner.

I quickly learned about the generosity of bitcoiners. Many users requested a btc address from me so they could send a tip for the help provided. Even when I told them it was unnecessary, as I was a paid employee, they insisted on tipping.

Many of these users were nuts. 😂 Here's an example that didn't happen frequently, but it happened:

A user opens a ticket during the time I'm actively watching the queue. I see it come in, respond within minutes with a solution, and he insists on tipping. I'm like, "Bro it's cool, don't sweat it," but this madlad won't leave me alone until he tips me.

I look at my tip jar - 0.5 BTC, which is worth a few hundred USD at the time. WTF, ARE YOU INSANE?! 🤯

Part of this generous attitude was about saying thank you, but I believe a bigger part was about the early proliferation of Bitcoin.

We preach the HODL mentality today, but Bitcoin wouldn't be what it is without the generosity of early adopters. So many bitcoins were given out freely so people could learn about it firsthand.

I believe many of the tips I received were from people who, at one point, also received free btc. It felt wrong to HODL these tips, so I paid it forward. I purchased work related items so I could do my job better. I tipped people on Reddit. I donated towards bitcoin-backed fundraisers, including when Andreas fundraised for Dorian Nakamoto. I did everything I could to keep that spirit of giving alive.

The landscape today has changed, but that spirit of generosity lives on. The best example is zapping on Nostr, where people are tipping each other via LN for posts and comments. It's beautiful to see!

Thank you, early adopters, for your generosity. You're a big part of why Bitcoin is what it is today. 🧡

Be kind, be generous, and be a little crazy. 😄


Easiest way to bloomscroll. #Blossom
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Using a Daylight computer is changing how I spend my time.


A generation ago, multi-user time-sharing computer systems had a similar problem. Before strong encryption, users had to rely on password protection to secure their files, placing trust in the system administrator to keep their information private. Privacy could always be overridden by the admin based on his judgment call weighing the principle of privacy against other concerns, or at the behest of his superiors. Then strong encryption became available to the masses, and trust was no longer required. Data could be secured in a way that was physically impossible for others to access, no matter for what reason, no matter how good the excuse, no matter what.


Next step: code doesn't leak memory 😄


When Nostr extension, Mempool? #nostr https://image.nostr.build/488273e2c3b21335700f3e3af5dd082f57810c4dcb4a4b29066d91b40479a2a9.jpg


#bitcoin https://image.nostr.build/53c1bc4ac0f24e877babdefeb89035a3444c03a15930a359dfc3fd9d1fb83c7f.jpg


The sad part of story, he created a shitcoin later 🤡 nostr:note13txa9hkua0dwavlddr46epfg58nvqd77a3ztng7ujstuafajjwgsqtvrrk


I was reaching Python libraries for a new project and I found this. Vitalink made Bitcoin library in this language, exactly 11 years ago. What a crazy! https://bitcoinmagazine.com/technical/developers-introduction-bitcoin-1388634312 #bitcoin


Three weeks ago I wrote an article on the EU's new AMLR in Bitcoin Magazine, detailing how the EU passed ALM laws restricting the use of Bitcoin privacy tools without any data to back up their claims that privacy heightens money laundering and terrorist financing risks.

Alex Stachtchenko took it a step further and ran the numbers. For every Euro confiscated, 200€ are spent. This means that the EU's AML compliance costs of 144B Euro exceeds all money ascribed to crime per year at 110B Euro – and still, 99% of criminal profits escape confiscation.

Despite their absolute inefficiency AML laws continue to be expanded, subjecting all EU citizens to total financial surveillance for the price of catching 1%. It is a system that has grown completely out of control and is in no way proportionate to the right to privacy enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

It's a long read, and its in French so you'll need to translate it, but I guarantee that it will be worth every minute of your time.

BM article:
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/legal/eu-parliament-adopts-aml-laws-regulating-bitcoin-based-on-questionable-assumptions

Alex' article:
https://medium.com/@AlexStach/les-d%C3%A9rives-de-la-surveillance-financi%C3%A8re-menacent-nos-d%C3%A9mocraties-323fbdc1ccbf

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https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/bitcoin-inquisition-27-0/883 #bitcoin


nostr:npub16dhgpql60vmd4mnydjut87vla23a38j689jssaqlqqlzrtqtd0kqex0nkq just deployed a new release!

On top of being able to redeem your Cashu token payments to your Lightning address, you now have the option to claim them directly into your Shopstr wallet.

Payment messages and product inquiries have also been separated from each other, so no more digging through all your DMs to find 🥜s!

https://shopstr.store


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Customizable software, where did you go?


It’s impressive as Testnet4 developed very fast https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/29775  👀 #bitcoin


Really not a fan of SN moving away from their wallet, it's going to ruin the entire appeal of simplicity. I posted on SN yesterday:

I have a love hate relationship with NWC. It works, I use it, but it's a pretty terrible UX from a non-custodial perspective and 99% of people are just going to use other custodians with it anyways, which either means more illegally operating businesses (which are dropping like flies) or everyone is KYC'd. It's not good either way.

https://stacker.news/items/540102/r/TonyGiorgio?commentId=542784


Nostr: PKC user, signed messages relayed, can be stored/re-relayed by anyone who sees them without permission.

Mastodon: SQL db user unsigned messages stored in a SQL db.

🫠


Why doesn't libsecp256k1 expose its internal sha256 implementation?


"Using open source software does not entitle you to a vote on the direction of the project. The gift you've received is the software itself and the freedom of use granted by the license... open source is first and foremost a method of collaboration between programmers who show up to do the work. Not an entitlement program for petulant users to get free stuff or a seat at the table where decisions are made."

https://world.hey.com/dhh/open-source-is-neither-a-community-nor-a-democracy-606abdab


From what I understand of the protocol, no. That's one of the main features is that the fact of its privacy preservation is hidden in what look like completely normal transactions.


Good morning

Is there a way to fingerprint Silent Payments on chain? I'd love to track adoption on the Dashboard


#asknostr
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⚡⬇ #bitcoin https://image.nostr.build/a21fc53ff0a1284de58e2aadff19db53b6684a071e67972cdad2ba3c79ae6529.jpg


Governments are good at cutting off the heads of a centrally controlled networks like Napster, but pure P2P networks like Gnutella and Tor seem to be holding their own.


"Stacking sats is micro-dosing BTC." —Michael Goldstein


Good morning, its been over 3 weeks since the Samourai Wallet indictment and there still seems to be no sign of TDev
 in the justice system. I don't like it, so I sent the Feds some questions.

(also can someone help me fix my zaps, they still seem to be borked)

https://image.nostr.build/4bb60befe9bcba370dc04e47c89ea7b8b7d1c284f8855cf249db542271c8ed1d.png
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Good weekend #bitcoin https://image.nostr.build/66d864ffd5b029547226ecf35f5edaaab7a1afcf6d7baa4026920854045debe7.jpg


It's been about a month since we launched Lightning Addresses and we're excited to see so many people using it already!

We took some time to explain our unique privacy-preserving fedimint-based approach with our new Blinded Authentication system.

https://blog.mutinywallet.com/blinded-authentication/


We're so fucking back nostr:note16y3w0dvg2llc8g6gfzyu3g9y7g866wya5j5ytytc5mrj7mvaeezqltru5n


The only thing the State is efficient at: stealing through taxes, bureaucracy and other "free" or "that's your right" things. #bitcoin #nostr


Say hello to https://silentpayments.xyz/

Wanting to learn more about Silent Payments, see which wallets support them, or find out how to integrate them into your wallet?

I've built out a website with all of that info and more to do what I can to speed up Silent Payments adoption. https://i.nostr.build/EnGDG.jpg


It's the same situation as gold and gold mining.  The marginal cost of gold mining tends to stay near the price of gold.  Gold mining is a waste, but that waste is far less than the utility of having gold available as a medium of exchange.
I think the case will be the same for Bitcoin.  The utility of the exchanges made possible by Bitcoin will far exceed the cost of electricity used.  Therefore, not having Bitcoin would be the net waste.


"Not having Bitcoin would be the net waste."
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"I wrote a book that answers the question 'What is Bitcoin?' It's 300 pages long, was obsolete the moment it was printed and has to be corrected and updated every three months just to keep up with changes." —Andreas Antonopoulos


We are all Satoshi ✊

#Bitcoin #Nostr #Plebchain #Zap

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"Tested with JoinMarket" 👀

https://github.com/payjoin/rust-payjoin/commit/ae6f0a16255b99a8e60896bfdaedfdf9869406ac

#bitcoin


## rust-nostr release is out! 🦀

### Versions

Rust: v0.31
JavaScript: v0.14
Python, Kotlin and Swift: v0.12

### Summary

Reworked `Tag`, added `TagStandard` enum, simplified the way to subscribe and/or reconcile to subset of relays (respectively, `client.subscribe_to` and `client.reconcile_with`), added blacklist support to mute public keys or event IDs, removed zap split from `client.zap` method, many improvements and more!

Full changelog: https://rust-nostr.org/changelog

### Contributors

Thanks to nostr:npub15qydau2hjma6ngxkl2cyar74wzyjshvl65za5k5rl69264ar2exs5cyejr for contributing!

### Links

https://rust-nostr.org
https://rust-nostr.org/donate

#rustnostr #nostr


Believe the hype. #RunDVM
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Taproot removed the differentiator byte (I have no idea how it's called) from pubkeys and Nostr copied that.

Turns out that makes stuff like MuSig2 more cumbersome because you can't easily check if two npubs combined yield a third npub without knowing if the npubs are 02 or 03, even or odd.

But fear no more, `nak key combine`, when given any set of pubkeys, even if they don't have the aforementioned 02/03 byte, now outputs all possible combinations between the two keys so you can use your eyes and spot the correct one.

https://cdn.satellite.earth/670068ec72523d76a7dddda7125d408825864530605ed400f247d149f2e6e3c0.png

How bad is this idea?


Unpopular opinion, but here it goes: UX is the most important problem we need to solve for Bitcoin Privacy.

We can hate on KYC exchanges all we want, but they've got UX nailed down. We cannot expect privacy to become the norm when I have to take an hour out of my day to make a P2P trade.

Now that CASPs will start delisting privacy assets like Monero and blocking coinjoined btc with the EU's new AMLR, we're being stripped of using regulated exchanges even semi-privately. This makes P2P exchanges like BISQ Network even more important, but its of no use to regular users when you need an introductory course in computer science before understanding what's going on in the app.

Privacy will only become the norm when we make it usable for everybody. **If you're a UX designer, copywriter, or in any other way have expertise in UX design, please consider contributing BISQ:** https://github.com/bisq-network/bisq

ℹ If you're not a developer, contributing to GitHub projects can be scary. It really doesn't have to be. I can't tell my asshole from a python script either, and if I can do it, you can too.

Here's how to get started:

If you find a UX issue in the BISQ app that could be improved, start by opening an issue in the BISQ github repository. Give it a clear title describing the problem you want to solve.

Add screenshots or videos to your issue showing what the problem is. If you can, add a proposal for a potential solution. Bonus points if you can add wireframes, layouts or clickdummy documentation. For reference, see npub1zqsu3ys4fragn2a5e3lgv69r4rwwhts2fserll402uzr3qeddxfsffcqrs 's work on eNuts: https://github.com/cashubtc/eNuts/issues/341 (I don't know how to tag people here but you get the idea).

In open source projects, questions are your friends. I've spent countless hours asking every dev i know absolutely insufferable questions, and I still dont know how the fuck to get out of VIM. Everybody starts somewhere, and most people are happy to help.

If you already know how to use git or github and can code a little, ask where you could find the corresponding code for your problem in your issue and offer to do a PR. If you can't, ask what assets would be needed to implement your proposal. Remember that people are nice and generally happy about new contributors, even if you're a beginner.

If you have any questions on contributing to open source projects as a non-coder, feel free to reach out anytime. My DMs are open (I think).


Bisq users, plz share tour UX feedback! nostr:note1848zy0danwg73zwegkhp8vvcf7ezml77w6yz2ax8myvyzhr0m83q8evsd5


Not taking a selfie with my ID and having my PII breached and sold in the darkweb is the best UX.


BIP-352 will be standard for all the wallets (cold and hot)

#bitcoin


USA isn’t safe place anymore nostr:note13dn9njrkk59eek7q78dgegsmzk3864897u8mr0k5v4442mn0yrcqdjxaxq


Damn, another company pulling out of the USA… https://i.nostr.build/O48kQ.jpg


Sad to see IBEX pull out of the US market.

If you’re a company accepting Bitcoin payments in the US, and were using IBEX’s services, we’d love to talk with you and see if we can help. nostr:note13dn9njrkk59eek7q78dgegsmzk3864897u8mr0k5v4442mn0yrcqdjxaxq


#Bitcoin is money today, tomorrow and forever


BTCPayServer remains the most important projects in Bitcoin.

If that hasn’t been evident af it sure better be now.


Are we still going to call Nostr notes "tweets" or was that a one-day fad?


Is it part of a desirable "algorithm" that on Twitter every time you refresh the page you get a different ordering of posts such that you can never find again a post that you just saw?


If you are very committed to the standard of self-custody of sats and feel that ecash sats do not meet this standard, how about maintaining a balance of only 100 ecash sats?

When the balance exceeds 100 sats, you can melt them back into Lightning Network sats. If the balance falls below 100 sats, you can mint some ecash sats from Lightning Network sats.

This is why we added mint and melt operations here. nostr:note1spv99eg2l4y4k59qghx8gqlq3hrtuze552n2s67jj9v84y0u8znqfyf0sp


We don't like that the Signal App integrated a shitcoin.

We hope that sats can be easily accessible and usable. https://image.nostr.build/e77661d61080371a3103f5aa2c334b597e5f4cdcf2ed9980e124264862134772.jpg  nostr:note1spv99eg2l4y4k59qghx8gqlq3hrtuze552n2s67jj9v84y0u8znqfyf0sp


"Bitcoin is protected by a wall of encrypted energy. The fact that there's a lot of energy involved is a good thing. It creates security to the network." —Michael Saylor


Build your software accordingly.  https://image.nostr.build/80053fe2f050055177faabaf4c2ff7b01bf2d9d054e63a196b44af23d2869d2e.jpg
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👀
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Once you enter the world of #Bitcoin , there’s no turning back

#Nostr #Plebchain #Zap

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This is so cool nostr:note1spv99eg2l4y4k59qghx8gqlq3hrtuze552n2s67jj9v84y0u8znqfyf0sp


Keychat has integrated a cashu wallet to enable the functionality of using Bitcoin ecash as message estamp.

Users can send and receive ecash sats. They can also mint ecash sats from Lightning Network sats and melt ecash sats back into Lightning Network sats. https://image.nostr.build/eefac68ec6c960b7a2852dc95b36371939cc9b57d5b44dfcb9cdc6effc04c1c8.jpg


Building a #Bitcoin Business isn't about putting a ₿ on your products. That ship has sailed.

You've got to be an innovator on quality and mission.

Here's how 👇

Who are your customers?

While theres no One True #Bitcoin Culture, there are some commonalities that most ride-or-die Bitcoiners share.

1) They see #Bitcoin as a Revolution

2) They value quality

3) They are optimistic about their financial future

1) #Bitcoin as a Revolution

This is where people who want to be a Bitcoin AND crypto business lose me.

Sure, there are people passionate about some individual cryptos, but for the most part people are in for a short term gain and each one is a disparate community...at best.

You need to connect to your customers on a shared mission that is of greater importance than each of you. A mission that they can further by buying your product

Spending #Bitcoin within the circular Economy IS this.

It hits home in two core philosophies:

A) Vote with your money

B) Buy Local

These each say the same thing. Spend your money at businesses that you want to see exist into the future. Spending Fiat at these helps, but spending #Bitcoin is next level.

Your Bitcoiner customers will innately relate to this.

Be a good steward of their faith by staying true to the #Bitcoin mission and by HOLDing the sats they spend (when possible).

I know I don't wanna spend MY Bitcoin at places that just convert it into fiat.

2) Your customers are putting their money where their mouth is.

You product better Put Up or Shut Up

What's the greatest thing you can say about the quality of your product?

"People pay me #Bitcoin for it."

If you want that to continue, you better be selling Quality.

#Bitcoin is the most scarce thing in the universe. Your customers know this. You're not talking to normies anymore.

Its one thing for someone to spend their bitcoin once on your goods to "support a bitcoiner," but if you want repeat bitcoin customers, your product better be good

3) They are optimistic about their Financial Future.

You thought I was done talking about Quality??

QUALITY QUALITY QUALITY

This is why many Bitcoiners become health conscious

When you expect to be wealthy, you're going to want to live your life in a way that allows you to enjoy that wealth in the future

If you're selling a consumable, it better make the customer at least feel good.

If you're selling a durable good, your customer better think it will last a while because they'll never forget how much #Bitcoin they paid for it.

Even if you have the Gold-Standard for quality, it won't out-age bitcoin

How do I follow these rules?

1) I am a Bitcoiner. I share my customer's vision.

2) I make really good wine (Ask my mom).

3) My wine is Clean.
- No Toxic Additives
- Minimal Sulfites

These 3 pillars work for me.

How will they fit in your business?

I hope this provided you value!

If you’d like to support me, I sell wine all over the USA!
PeonyLaneWine.com

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Quality & Mission
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I've spend HOURS troubleshooting the setup for #bluewallet connecting to my own node.

Just gave up and tried #Zeus.  Setup took 15 mins and has been a breeze to use ever since.  Dunno what took me so long

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Some layout changes for ZEUS v0.9 https://video.nostr.build/c3b999eb0d738e23d833d5d5c171f3662bdb5cea9cca1c1af1f6e2b0e4d4f49d.mp4


An amazing video showing how you can sign notes cooperatively on nak using musig2, now with 3 signers instead of the boring 2 from the previous video:

https://cdn.satellite.earth/5c23f403972ce013e39c1878ac620bcc742031faa90280a01541f09e81f4b694.mp4


Gm ☕☀

https://image.nostr.build/7ddb6773ee9a586275d060a630cc4ec3f1b9319b60bfd867a4fbf917ec635904.jpg


The script kiddies that want Bitcoin to be something ETH-like are the same people simping for ECash mints and Federated custody

That correlation is not a coincidence


"Bitcoin is a chaotic attractor. You can’t predict which learning path each person will take, but they all lead to the same place." —Andy Edstrom


An amazing video showing how you can sign notes cooperatively on nak using musig2:

https://cdn.satellite.earth/ece156a65a2154fb5069bb3caf0cce2d9673caa71c3d06e2672b9bb2538d0c39.mp4


Based🎯 nostr:note1prrgyfue7xxaazapa3lg3p568tpd8883hnunta0ddvmu5ptljyhs2quhg8


Introducing Boardwalk Cash - the first dollar-based Cashu wallet built on top of #bitcoin and connected to #nostr.

https://BoardwalkCash.com

We now have stablecash on bitcoin - completely interoperable with the lightning network.

Share your lightning address or invoice to receive dollars. Paste a lightning address or invoice to send dollars.

Boardwalk Cash connects to any nostr client via NWC. Zap dollars on nostr apps like  nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg or on Discord with our Zap Bot.

This is a very early product and there are not many public mints, so use at your own risk. Yet, we’re excited to show some of what ecash and nostr can offer for advancing #bitcoin payments.

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BITCOIN CONSENSUS IS NOT DICTATED BY TWITTER.

WILL NOT UPDATE ANY OF MY NODES TO SUPPORT OP_CAT.

WILL TREAT ANY ATTEMPT TO PUSH THROUGH ACTIVATION AS HOSTILE.


LIVE FREE.
NOSTR ONLY.

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Why is everything falling apart?
The wrong "plan?"
The wrong "leaders?"
Not enough "funding?"

It's actually far simpler and more fundamental than most realize...

https://v.nostr.build/zdRXY.mp4


Show this to all your friends who have repeatedly shared graphs of decreasing user and engagement numbers on Nostr over the past 5 months, saying that Nostr was dying -- I know I have seen it many times. Also some media reports shared wrong numbers based on the previous broken stats.

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Shouts to the Zimbabweans testing out ZEUS tonight 🇿🇼

Guess Bitcoin isn’t a hard sell when your central bank issues this note https://image.nostr.build/770ce0c049f6422fa8fa6fb5c34a5d3e183de0f0473401b4d9854610c3e225b6.jpg


Do you see what's happening anon?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypto_Wars


I found https://coinfaucet.eu/en/btc-testnet4/ 👀 nostr:note1276umpd4ye49tq2zstv0qll67kz93m9nvfre4lvz0f207uplzzcq9q9yrl


Man, not sure why someone would work on cryptocurrency at all in the Netherlands with these words. nostr:note12l82q3dvj0rm528ukyfqzauzv0ytsdfu9a9kkk2kv6kp9rqyhkkslktlly


gm NOSTR 🤙

Code is unstoppable, NOSTR is unstoppable, Bitcoin is unstoppable.

https://v.nostr.build/En6yJ.mp4


GM to all the niche programmers out there


In other news: Blacksmith sentenced to 48 months jail; his knife was used to stab someone. This follows the incarceration of an automobile manufacturer, as one of his cars was used for a bank heist. https://image.nostr.build/e752e49812e7ca4fa733e1858dda24192deaf733ef261d7de26e120111f21fa6.jpg


"In Bitcoin, never attribute to stupidity that which is adequately explained by malice." —Christian Keroles


Compiling Phython code 👨💻 #bitcoin


Tornado Cash developer Alexey Pertsev has been found guilty of money laundering.

Better dig in and get ready to fight everyone. #Bitcoin


P2P Marketplace based on Nostr


What is CivKit?


Guys, testnet4 have some faucet?

#bitcoin


Be Different ⚡

#Bitcoin #Nostr #Plebchain #Zap

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Buying pasture-raised eggs with #bitcoin in Costa Rica.

Uvita, Costa Rica. #RealLifeBitcoin
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Every. Single. One.  https://i.nostr.build/oMLd7.jpg


people are selling bitcoin to buy gamestop


"We write to express our grave concerns regarding the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) recent policy arguments that dramatically expand the scope of the Federal prohibition on operating an unlicensed money transmitting business."

- SENATORS LUMMIS AND WYDEN LETTER TO US DOJ

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https://cdn.satellite.earth/4567da439759290cefe07aa17fd3150d3af07b0506d6bccb32191f1749b7e0bd.jpg

https://cdn.satellite.earth/44bd977c5a78b7e6c1971af606d227ee0c69f2725ef9f5ea2669e4fd8e89ac86.jpg


Perhaps you can understand Keychat's continual updating of sending addresses as akin to Signal's sealed sender feature.

https://signal.org/blog/sealed-sender/

“When you send a traditional piece of physical mail, the outside of the package typically includes the address of both the sender and the recipient. The same basic components are present in a Signal message. The service can’t “see into” the encrypted package contents, but it uses the information written on the outside of the package to facilitate asynchronous message delivery between users.

While the service always needs to know where a message should be delivered, ideally it shouldn’t need to know who the sender is. It would be better if the service could handle packages where only the destination is written on the outside, with a blank space where the “from” address used to be.” nostr:note18ef8r2naprhyv956syrjyaapc3pqngef7n6ax36ku7g8djfesltqhx6m8s


HODL #Bitcoin is the Key 🔑

#Nostr #Plebchain #Zap

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- Learn to code
- Get well-paid tech job
- Realize it's all a scam
- Realize lack of personal fulfillment
- What if I could work for something meaningful and good
- Find Bitcoin
- Become open source contributor
- Finally apply your skills to a monumental human project
- Be good


lol blocked on YouTube because we played the latest Apple ad. Too bad they can’t block it on nostr:npub1w0rthyjyp2f5gful0gm2500pwyxfrx93a85289xdz0sd6hyef33sh2cu4x

https://highlighter.com/walker@primal.net nostr:note17q2t3r8kus8xvuwszqp25nmxutl5cg5ta8rdtf6c48u80f75na4qs4whx4


RoboSats v0.6.1-alpha: Android App Returns Stronger Than Ever

- "After we skipped several Android app releases in order to focus on the decentralization, now the Android app comes back with all the strength. The Android app is now THE BEST WAY to use RoboSats."
- "If you have a RoboSats app already installed on your Android device, YOU MUST UNINSTALL BEFORE INSTALLING THE NEW VERSION."

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/robosats-v0-6-1-alpha/


Watched DEATH ATHLETIC last night (paid w lightning + ZEUS)

Highly recommend all Bitcoiners check it out, even if you’re not into guns. Lot of things we can take away from Defense Distributed’s battles and victories.

Executive produced by Samourai https://image.nostr.build/c267dcbd4906153fbd5dca5e7ff362c50c53deb44a2a889458f186edf8cdbe91.jpg


🤔 https://gist.github.com/sopmep-malpub/a2ed19de096671b66e21a5694b778f8f#file-gistfile1-txt


Bitcoin fees are currently only a dollar, but niche programmers are suggesting to change the fundamental nature of bitcoin and increase its attack surface to make it more scalable… for people who don’t necessarily know or understand the trade offs of that scaling.

Scaling is an important discussion, but everything is a trade off. I like many of the scaling discussions, but rushing them is another matter.

It costs me $100 to buy a 1oz gold coin by mail, or to send signed documents internationally in a few days. Verification is expensive.

The idea that global monetary verification should be super cheap inherently comes with security trade offs.

All ideas should be evaluated carefully and come to major consensus. Otherwise change proposers risk a fork war.


When we use search engines and AI, we send a query message to the server. Can’t this message be stamped with a Bitcoin ecash stamp? Compared to the current advertising revenue model, using Bitcoin ecash as a estamp would be a paradigm shift.


💡 bitcoin ecash instead of ads as a business model for the whole internet

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"If you want the bitcoin price to be stable, you gotta put your nuts on the table." —Hass McCook


https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/anonymous-usage-tokens-from-curve-trees-or-autct/862

h/t  nostr:npub1vadcfln4ugt2h9ruwsuwu5vu5am4xaka7pw6m7axy79aqyhp6u5q9knuu7


🫡🎯 nostr:note1jxzpa4v7cn6hgk9f0zm7y040um6pr6p7w2ylx02wmryuktpqskesv79xg3


It is not about based vs woke.

It is about independent vs subservient.

Think for yourselves. Pursue truth. Build your life as though society and supply chains could be disrupted for several months.

It doesn’t mean being a prepper. It means understanding what your life relies on for a moderate amount of time, and thinking for yourself.


- go to cashu.me and keep it open
- get a few sats worth of ecash from a mint
- settings -> enable nostr wallet connect
- copy connection string
- paste it into primal settings -> wallet
- zap harder

no accounts, no identities, just nuts flowing from you into the lightning network 🥜


CBDCs are pure scam, being FOSS not mean you're free

Only #bitcoin  is open source

https://cointelegraph.com/news/open-source-cbdcs-not-going-protect-you-from-government https://image.nostr.build/b4a58b440149c5e1a0059ca2dd7bb0dd36fb4421936c0698d904246e3ecd420b.jpg


This project isn’t mine, but I decide share on Stacker News, due can be useful for anyone nostr:note1x49t6978femh0skndmdxg8gazu4p3f3h8fvxxaxtuwxdjggvvx6qu4ulej


imo Nostr clients shouldn’t have ‘Trending’ sections.

What’s the point, if you’re going to go from being manipulated by one algorithm to another?


Yay or nay on this theme?

Radioactive ☢ https://image.nostr.build/160e5d5384ee3e89c356294ab67c07bcc6a33faa968e2976872e1fe49c4a3c24.jpg https://image.nostr.build/4d5e13b443b68134d670ddeac20f3c2af8652555e1f8b56a99f8a0b6c6c5c46d.jpg https://image.nostr.build/bb394441f51727a4797e9aae7c4ce075a956bbe186321436db387240d04e44db.jpg https://image.nostr.build/3dec405688ddcd2825d69028221335e59a6ef42cd81356d382333e4c9614c379.jpg


𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗮 𝗙𝗲𝘄 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱, 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗨𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆?
𝘈𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘺-𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 “𝟮𝟭 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀”, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥’𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 #Ai-𝘦𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 #Bitcoin 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬.

This question, which was the first to be asked of Satoshi when he shared the whitepaper, has sparked debates, a Bitcoin “civil war,” and a variety of innovative ideas throughout Bitcoin’s lifetime. In this chapter, nostr:npub1h8nk2346qezka5cpm8jjh3yl5j88pf4ly2ptu7s6uu55wcfqy0wq36rpev, nostr:npub1dtgg8yk3h23ldlm6jsy79tz723p4sun9mz62tqwxqe7c363szkzqm8up6m, and nostr:npub1au23c73cpaq2whtazjf6cdrmvam6nkd4lg928nwmgl78374kn29sq9t53j shed light on how Bitcoin is already scaling for global adoption so it can truly become the money of the future.

Below is Giacomo Zucco’s answer, as written in “𝟮𝟭 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀”:

https://image.nostr.build/96e22d27823c80c938eafe86af45c78b0699b7bb2cb6706695d5ae6a31d08b45.jpg

𝗚𝗶𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗼 𝗭𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗼’𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿:

Bitcoin, as a system, allows for much, much more than just a few transactions per second. Bitcoin, as a digitally scarce asset, can be transacted numerous times and in various ways. So if we want to transact bitcoin in the most expensive possible way, which is also the safest in most use cases, we use the global layer one, the eternal and universal Bitcoin ledger. The ledger is one single, append-only, immutable register of all the participants' transactions that will be forever impossible to reduce and must be downloaded, verified, and stored by every node forever. This process is clearly very expensive and not scalable, so it will primarily serve as a settlement layer for more substantial transactions, which will be required with different kinds of security mechanisms.

Some of these different security mechanisms will still retain a very strong security model, which is not the same as the Bitcoin timechain or blockchain but is still reliable and reasonable in most use cases. For example, a Lightning channel will still give the owner of the keys complete control over the content of the channel. And on a Lightning channel, we can have thousands of transactions per second, without having to use the settlement layer. Therefore, we can achieve good security while facilitating thousands of transactions per second.

However, it's important to note that this provides a different level of security. For example, when using a Lightning channel, we would need to be online occasionally to check that the counterparty will not rob us, which is not the case for on-chain addresses. That said, the on-chain address can be censored or attacked by miners, especially if it's new, while a Lightning channel, even if it's old, can have new transactions happen a few seconds ago, having the same security as a transaction that happened a few months ago. Thus, various risk models are involved. Of course, the cheaper, faster, and more efficient you go, the more you may trade off security — especially the long-term security — for your funds. But this is not always true, as in the aforementioned paradox of mining attacks.

To recap, Bitcoin transactions are not only a few per second. Bitcoin transactions are potentially unlimited in number per second. A very specific subset of these Bitcoin transactions, the on-chain, layer-one settlement transactions, are limited to a few per second. Scaling the entire Bitcoin ecosystem within this limitation involves minimizing the use of these on-chain, layer-one settlement transactions and aggregating the demand for transactions outside the blockchain into fewer, consolidated blockchain settlements. So, we need to aggregate many transactions with a different security model into a few settlement transactions that will happen with this very effective — but very expensive — security model. Additionally, this approach offers other benefits, as the settlement layer has notable privacy and censorship resistance limitations, unlike many off-chain transaction models.

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Giacomo Zucco is an Italian technology entrepreneur and a consultant/teacher for the Bitcoin and Lightning Network protocols. He spends his time supporting projects that he feels might be relevant to the future of Bitcoin, be it as an educator, consultant, entrepreneur, maximalist, or troll. Previously, he was involved in GreenAddress, AssoBIT, BlockchainLab, and Bitcoin Magazine. He's currently advancing Bitcoin via BHB Network, 𝘉𝘛𝘊𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴, Relai, BCademy, and Notarify.

https://m.primal.net/Hgir.png

Stay tuned for an announcement about where you can soon purchase your own copy of “𝟮𝟭 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀”!👀


Call your mom and tell her Tether is an intelligence operation to propagate dollarization and the surveillance state.


In case you missed this epic burn 🔥 by nostr:npub1au23c73cpaq2whtazjf6cdrmvam6nkd4lg928nwmgl78374kn29sq9t53j

https://m.primal.net/IBxe.jpg


"[Bitcoin is] sort of like this peaceful Manhatten project. All the smartest people are coming together, from across languages, from around the world, to build this sovereign and arguably private money project. That's amazing." —Alex Gladstein


STRONG MOMS MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE.

GRATEFUL. IT AINT EASY.


Huge ⚡ nostr:note1apwcaeuq92tw7ch056fk4mg5we8zescgd5qhx7z8wsr7nefg6swq8we353


On a flight with no Internet. Sent my friend a few Satoshis worth of ecash and possibly set an altitude record doing so.

From phone to phone. We're both offline.

Try it out on Cashu.me
 https://image.nostr.build/63c0601a240159e5e84702982c4df80d530b36c1551b9c8f3e25f86cc8280737.jpg


Airline gonna need a money transmitting service license, bro

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All this discussion about centralization and regulations of Bitcoin companies is a thing I come speaking so much time. We’ll need to create new mechanisms for avoid attacks are coming. #bitcoin


https://github.com/Kodylow/pnyxtr #nostr


ZEUS v0.9.0-alpha4 is now rolling out to community sponsors!

This build includes:

- Embeded node: LND v0.18.0-beta.rc2
- Invoices: select custom route hints
- Improved Neutrino connection support
- Haptic feedback for pin pad buttons
- Numerous bug fixes

v0.9.0 features:

- Watch-only account import (xpub)
- Hardware wallet / signing device support (Coldcard Q, Seedsigner, Passport Foundation etc.)
- Batch channel opens
- Batch on-chain txs
- Close channels to external addresses
- Improved payment path view

More features will be released throughout the closed alpha program.

Want to join the test group? SUPPORT ZEUS and become a community sponsor here: https://zeusln.com/about

Thank you. https://image.nostr.build/6ca7fc992216c73c22917bac9a8e83d8d89574b3afc8ee483fc1c9b8d3c5d847.jpg


let’s bridge all the things!

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"Calling Bitcoin money is degrading to Bitcoin." —Knut Svanholm


A Saturday morning confession.
I am not in sales. I actually really despise the traditional salesman techniques.
I don’t like to ‘shill’ products, I’ve always believed if the product is awesome, people will hear about it and it will sell itself.
I’ve been feeling like a shiller of nostr.build accounts for a while now, and this was never my intention on nostr. I always just wanted to shitpost and help grow the nostr community.
With that said, media is very expensive to host and manage, and nostr.build now hosts ~80%+ of nostr medi (1.5mil files /1.1TB and growing). The best way I can continue to help support nostr is to keep nostr.build strong. To do this I have to shill accounts since it is our only income..
We do have some killer features that I’m really excited about, so that makes it easier.
Please know, I just want to be a normal nostr and Bitcoin psychopath 💜


You don't run an email server on your phone, or any other kind of server, because that's retarded.

And Matt suggesting that Lightning's path is mobile is gaslighting bullshit

Mobile nodes are DEAD. Phoenixd, Breeze Greenlight, even mutiny-server, are your pivot signal.

And now Lightning.Pub is the p2p Nostr overlay for servers.

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These next few years are as existential for bitcoin as the Blocksize Wars.

Back then it was about who got to decide what bitcoin was, now it’s about what bitcoin is.

https://bluematt.bitcoin.ninja/2024/05/11/bitcoins-precarious-position/


If lightning doesn’t have noncustodial mobile, people will just use custodial mobile. I’m all for pleb routing nodes, in fact the only way to get noncustodial mobile at all may be if they exist, but we’ve seen time and time and time again that the vast majority of people will always only install an app.


Because setting up a server isn't as easy as installing an app, pub makes server setup easy cheese.

Non-custodial mobile is a wasted channel, more pubs = family nodes... Not large custodians.


This delightfully thorough article by Gigi reminds us there is a future of #value4value where people will pay for the Shit that is valuable to them.

https://dergigi.com/2021/12/30/the-freedom-of-value/

#DoValuableShit
#grownostr


Make Nostr Wallets Self-Custodial Again


After multiple years of trying, Tim Apple FINALLY allowed me to KYC with his stupid company and bestowed upon me one of his Apple Developer accounts.

Incredible that a dirty Argentinean without a fixed residence, phone number or valid POA like me was able to be blessed by their grace. Truly can’t wait for nostr:npub10r8xl2njyepcw2zwv3a6dyufj4e4ajx86hz6v4ehu4gnpupxxp7stjt2p8 to obsolete this system.

Regardless of my bitterness of how horrendous this process was I’m very excited about bringing many of my apps to a permissioned App Store next to you, starting with nostr:npub1w0rthyjyp2f5gful0gm2500pwyxfrx93a85289xdz0sd6hyef33sh2cu4x.


"Once you have seen [Bitcoin], you cannot unsee it. And once you get it, there is no way back." —Plan B


imagine the "great script restoration" gives Bitcoin unlimited computational power. you can now do anything with script, even more than just OP_CAT would allow you to.

so what? ethereum has had all that since always and tons of people trying to find a way to scale payments there for almost 10 years and the best they got was zk-rollups, which is shitty as scaling and only increase throughput by 2x


search getting love on the next version of  nostr:npub1w0rthyjyp2f5gful0gm2500pwyxfrx93a85289xdz0sd6hyef33sh2cu4x

the next week is all about making discovery kick ass

intention is to get new users to valuable content asap

https://m.primal.net/IFWE.mp4


#bitcoin https://image.nostr.build/d1759c7f92ec3931514911a2a25f2a5dd405965fd05c7105bf5a85462583a56e.png


Be humble. You could be wrong.
Be forgiving. You will also make mistakes.
Be honest. Character is a door opener.
Be generous. Givers sleep better at night.
Be grateful. Luck seeks the thankful.
Be courageous. Not doing leads to regret.
Be yourself, always. You will be happier.


Stacking hardware wallets to support in ZEUS v0.9.0

- Coldcard Q
- Seedsigner
- Foundation Passport
- Krux
- Keystone 3
- Spectre DIY
- TwentyOne

What other PSBT signing devices should we check out?


Two things that we're building:

- There are going to be Cashu mints that will only be reachable via Nostr. They won't have IP addresses but npubs.
- There are going to be Cashu wallets that synchronize state across devices via nostr. No cloud.

Not everyone will like this but it doesn't matter because it can't be stopped.


I don't get the point of "the algorithm", how am I alive without using any algorithms? What am I missing?


"The most dangerous risk of all is spending your life not doing what you want on the bet that you can buy yourself the freedom to do it later." - Randy Komisar


The mythical 10x engineer is a scam.

Efficiency in delivering software is the least interesting concern.

Real breakthroughs are made by 1000000x engineers. Not because they are such incredible developers.

No, it’s because they see WHAT to build in a way no one else can; their output yields paradigm shifts, not mere marginal efficiency gains.

nostr:npub12rv5lskctqxxs2c8rf2zlzc7xx3qpvzs3w4etgemauy9thegr43sf485vg is one such developer. Satoshi was another one.


The core of #freedomtech is encryption.


“corporate algorithm” is another way to say “ministry of truth”


nostr:npub1wp4wzdvn25ckqxd6v6y46axpdx25hywu2mduhr5r9a5vzq5g7keq332ynk DID NOT KILL HIMSELF.

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/el-salvador-ex-security-adviser-who-accused-ruling-party-of-corruption-dies-in-custody/


I wanted to make a shareable overview video that people can point their family and friends to about money, banking, and bitcoin.

“Read this 500 page book” doesn’t always go over well, but “watch this half hour video” is more approachable.

So, hopefully it’s helpful:

https://youtu.be/jk_HWmmwiAs?si=-8Okyee-gqeaPdvm


Do people have a good strategy for syncing content through nostr?

For Mutiny when we sync nwc, dm, etc we save the highest timestamp of the event we last synced, however this doesn't work the best because relays send us them in descending order so if the app is closed before we process all the events, we do not fully sync all the events.

Have been thinking of switching it to instead have it save the last timestamp of the last EOSE we received. To try to better ensure we sync every message first.

Does anyone else have a better strategy?


Freedom tech is getting prettier and more seamless by the day, thanks to the tireless work of countless developers and designers. Need assistance? #nostrdesign is here to help.
https://opensats.org/blog/nostr-design-highlights-may


✨ Announcing the release of Cashu.me – a Cashu wallet for the web! ✨

Cashu.me is a Chaumian Ecash wallet for Bitcoin built as a progressive web app (PWA). Today, we're excited to announce its first release and would like to thank all developers and users who have helped to build and improve this wallet. Cashu.me is free and open-source software released under the MIT license.

https://m.primal.net/IFMf.jpg

To get started, open Cashu.me in your browser and install it to add it to your home screen. We recommend to use your device's native browser for the best experience. Beware that Ecash is a bearer asset which means that if you delete your browser data or lose access to your device without a proper backup (see below), you will lose your funds. Use this wallet only for small spending amounts.

New Features

Countless new features for this release give you the best possible Ecash experience. We're bringing this ancient crypto technology back into the 21st century and present you a modern interpretation of the original cypherpunk vision - built on Bitcoin.

At a glance

- Modern UI
- Support for Bitcoin and USD
- Seed phrase backups
- Animated QR codes
- Intelligent coin selection
- Send Ecash offline
- Receive Ecash offline
- Lock Ecash with P2PK
- Discover mints via Nostr
- Swap Ecash between mints
- Remote control with NWC

https://m.primal.net/IFMh.jpg
https://m.primal.net/IFMi.jpg
https://m.primal.net/IFMj.jpg

Read the full release notes here: https://gist.github.com/callebtc/67da3f586ef273df80bf679e464bc3f3

You can host the wallet on your own server. Find the images on Dockerhub or build it yourself with the GitHub repository
https://github.com/cashubtc/cashu.me


and i'm sure it's the first public company shareholder letter to mention nostr.

nostr:note1uczcrc93jtfmg7t2jvzzyzruc6suvse9ne0qfylk5dr2z3d5j88slwwzku


"Money is the blood of a society. It needs to be sound, it needs to be clean, it needs to be pure." —Dominic Frisby


We need a list of Nostr Implementation Impossibilities.


Removed many OP_RETURN https://t.co/rf4sn09dM5 #bitcoin


This is the way. nostr:note17egturr3ptqcrvxfm4s4fvlhymam0lslrdcataenw9zjejpr978qcz4kn8


Very Nice. Thanks for the note nostr:npub1c8l997847szpt6prwug6usmfl48v7afun9d4zt6f5xexhrdps45sctmg0w
nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzps072tu0taqyzh5zxac34epknl2wea6nex2m2yh5ngdjdwx6rptfqywhwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnzd96xxmmfdejhytnnda3kjctv9uq3uamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwdehhxarj9emkjun9v3hx2apwdfcz7qpqqwdnl7pftpld64z5zrxnvxq920hmkyz2azmvkl53rgrsfq7pt4hsam2xdt


Release time! 🚀

In 1.7.0, we've made a number of performance improvements, bug fixes, and new features, but here's the ones we're excited about the most:

- On chain fedimint support
- Transfer funds between federations
- Node operates in a web worker now, the UI should be quicker

If you have a federation added, all on chain deposits to Mutiny will go into there.

We have full send and receive support now, so this effectively gives you a unified balance with fedimint, allowing you to send or receive via onchain & lightning.

The Bitcoin Atlantis federation is shutting down at the end of the month. We now parse all of the metadata for federations and will display pop up warnings like this.

https://m.primal.net/IFBE.png

Included in this release is the ability to transfer funds from one federation to another to make this seamless.

Lastly, we've moved all the core logic into a Web Worker. That means the UI thread doesn't have to fight with Mutiny for resources. This should make most wallet operations faster, and keep the UI responsive at all times. It's a big change, so if you see any problems let us know!


First up in the Custom Cases and Donations.
21% of all @ZeusLN Cases for @ColdCard Q will be donated back to them to help fund development of what we think is one of the best pieces of software out there for your node.

Customize yours today! $19.99
https://www.cryptocloaks.com/product/coldcard-q-custom-designed-sleeves/
https://m.primal.net/IEzz.png


📣 Introducing zap.store 0.1.0

For months I have been dreaming of a better app store, frustrated by big tech's permissioned bs, GPG's complexities, and Obtainium's reliance on centralized services and poor UX.

Here's the first (very alpha) iteration of zap.store, a permissionless app store leveraging the nostr social graph.

✔ Android only (for now! Desktop coming soon)
✔ Obtainium drop-in replacement (smaller catalog but growing)
✔ App releases are signed/curated by this account, as developers start self-signing
✔ Web of trust check before installing an app

Get it at https://zap.store or https://github.com/zapstore/zapstore

(SHA-256 hash of the APK version 0.1.0 is 8540bd492064c17d83bcdc6d2a463c2aea46f13c2b0d13b8a96023df95bd0c9d)

Feedback more than welcome, it's also possible to send directly from the ⚙ screen in the app

s/o to nostr legends nostr:npub149p5act9a5qm9p47elp8w8h3wpwn2d7s2xecw2ygnrxqp4wgsklq9g722q and nostr:npub1zafcms4xya5ap9zr7xxr0jlrtrattwlesytn2s42030lzu0dwlzqpd26k5 for their invaluable help


Nostr fixes this

nostr:note1nrg0qkqkjk8ape7yyx6y95dlavm7t0w9hym9vz447kn03a6p53qqm2x0cl


I just got banned from Telegram.

https://media.gleasonator.com/e286481e812e2cbaab84074cb43b84455896a0d3c3ff7d01d7f7cef75cb2ef9b.png


Thanks telegram for protecting us from this dangerous individual.

Can I have more KYC now pls?

nostr:note1nrg0qkqkjk8ape7yyx6y95dlavm7t0w9hym9vz447kn03a6p53qqm2x0cl


Everyone should work together nostr:note174xprjj3lfy3wp0yswek4wnrmqgl0rkd8zsdymfwcpuml3w52qpsp6p3tq


i’m noticing several projects in nostr going after similar goals who don’t seem to be collaborating. i’m not sure if that’s for perceived competition, a very different approach to the problem spaces, or general lack of communication about project goals.

with open source software i would expect more collaboration. if you’re building something in nostr i’m curious why you may not be collaborating with others building similar/relevant stuff.


"[...] a concerted and state-sanctioned attempt to kill it never materialized. [...] no-one wanted to set a legal precedent of censoring general purpose technology simply because of one set of legally problematic uses." —Simon Morris


https://github.com/unclebob/more-speech is probably the most interesting client out there, but it's too labor-intensive and the UI looks like an 80s app on my computer (probably because of my weird Linux installation, I know it looks much better on Mac at least).

I only wish it was easier to set it up and get it going.

nostr:nevent1qqsqqzfsaxs2rm02lsyacpx59s8tu7rr7fyl4ex7sn89s4uhc5z9urgpzpmhxue69uhkztnwdaejumr0dshsz9mhwden5te0v96xcctn9ehx7um5wghxcctwvshszxthwden5te0vfhhxarj9ehx76m0w3shymewvdhk6tc82fmsl


Nostr, a protocol for decentralized and censorship-resistant sharing of tweets.


Im still on Stacker News 😉🫡


This is how they will fool the clueless normies... making them believe that is the Bitcoin and LN causing this not their stupidity.
As I warned so many times about Coinbase, they are the enemies of Bitcoin.
NOTHING that comes from them is good for Bitcoin!


lmfao "The lightning network is currently experiencing an outage on Coinbase". That didn't take long.

h/t nostr:npub1c8l997847szpt6prwug6usmfl48v7afun9d4zt6f5xexhrdps45sctmg0w

https://image.nostr.build/3c3e5dc1de4a460b29c977a3740bc6e318c54c34cba9718ea0f4a6fc13a7b4c5.png


It feels like nostr is enabling a decentralized protocol renaissance. nostr:npub1v0lxxxxutpvrelsksy8cdhgfux9l6a42hsj2qzquu2zk7vc9qnkszrqj49 added this torrent NIP recently: https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/1175 what if we utilize bittorrent for discovering and sharing files via nostr? This is not a new idea but the network affects could have huge benefits on seeding:

Imagine someone reposts a torrent and says “please help me seed this”. Then clients could integrate bittorrent and start helping out right away. Then you could zap people who helped seed.

nostr can fix many decentralized protocol incentives problem just from its network effects and embrace of open protocols.


Some people really hate the social directions we've taken the wallet. Not sure if our execution was off or people just don't expect a social wallet.

We're getting more users from other wallets like phoenix/muun/etc. so their expectations are much different.

What do nostr people think? I definitely don't want to recreate the wheel if Primal is going super heavy in this direction as well and we can't (or don't want to) compete in it.


In a few hours, I'll take the stage with nostr:npub16vrkgd28wq6n0h77lqgu8h4fdu0eapxgyj0zqq6ngfvjf2vs3nuq5mp2va at The Bitcoin Conf Asia to explore the exciting NOSTR opportunities.
 https://image.nostr.build/8552b4503082ec22923a3cc46338976db1a8d8af299ed7f8408faf1ef118c130.jpg

Tell me, what topics you would like to see us cover? What would help onboard new enthusiasts to NOSTR? Let Uncle know!


Some people think Nostr cannot work with things like a "universal consistent like count" and other basic social media malignant tumors.

Even if we ignore the bad psychological and societal effects of such practices and assume they are good, and even if we assume that Nostr is all running in a single server that has all the events (a Bluesky-like unavoidable requirement for such universal consistency) these people are still completely oblivious to the fact that anyone can create a bazillion keypairs and spam like counts.

So when they ask for a "universal consistent like count" what these people are really asking for is for a centralized KYC barrier at the doors of Nostr that ensures only a single keypair can be created by each human.


CITADEL DISPATCH IN TWO HOURS AT 1700 UTC WITH CHRISTOPH AND DANIEL TO DISCUSS BITCOIN DESIGN.

RABBIT HOLE RECAP TOMORROW AT 1800 UTC.

DISPATCH NEXT WEDNESDAY AT 1700 UTC WITH HONG KIM OF BITWISE -  nostr:npub1jpvsahpy0vgq7gu8nfqjkeskce0gwjk8jpss590xkvjh5xxe4epsruqgsz

DISPATCH NEXT FRIDAY AT 1700 UTC WITH MATT HILL OF START9 -  nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll

GOOD MORNING.


I’ll be leaving X platform in the end of this year. I’ll focus on Nostr. #bitcoin #nostr


Secure your privacy.

Download #Bisq for your desktop and #Peachbitcoin for your mobile today.

Use #Tor. Use #Tails. Try #Robosats.

https://bisq.network

https://peachbitcoin.com

https://learn.robosats.com


Using PGP used to be a feat for hackers and at-risk journalists.

There was a level of severity in the message signaled by the digital signature’s mere presence.

Now we sign 🤙 and GMs for shit and giggles.


👀 = Views
❤ = Likes
⚡ = Zaps


I believe #nostr and zaps change things fundamentally, because you wouldn't zap a car crash.


When designing Keychat, we considered the following disadvantages of the Signal App.

1、Signal App requires phone number registration. Users do not have their own self-sovereign ID.

2、Signal App users can only use Signal's servers, with no option to use third-party or self-hosted servers.

3、Signal App integrates a shitcoin called MobileCoin.

4、Signal App relies on donations and loans from billionaires, making it difficult to sustain.

Keychat proposed corresponding improvements for these disadvantages.

1、Keychat only requires generating a Nostr key. Users have their own self-sovereign ID.

2、Keychat users can freely choose which relay to use or run their own relay.

3、Keychat aligns with Bitcoin.

4、Keychat's economic model with Bitcoin ecash stamps is more reliable and sustainable.

5、Keychat offers better metadata privacy because it allows continuous changing of receiving addresses, sending addresses, and relays.


Small.
Profitable.
Sustainable.

This is the way.

nostr:nevent1qqswqfgu0andctpa08tmqfesjq7pcy7vp9qc4m22g2f7uzfcyzgatwcpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgq3ql2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqxpqqqqqqzaljtfa


sending notes is not a crime


god damnit https://image.nostr.build/8d7b9108e9996d920480d95061b7b840fef236cd202e6fb921374251e5b5a339.jpg


If you haven't tried Nos.social in a while, you should give it another look.

It continues to get better and better.

Don't sleep on it.

nostr:nevent1qqstratw5sswzf5g750w8znact2ka38xap3nc3wfg4mulhfjl7ncrrgpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgq3qwmr34t36fy03m8hvgl96zl3znndyzyaqhwmwdtshwmtkg03fetaqrwdg2q


Normalize the term 'tax cattle'


Self-custody and no KYC.

Everything else is bullshit.


Hardcoding relays as initial defaults for different purposes on clients isn't worse than fetching lists from the user or from NIP-50 relay lists of friends, it's just a recommended list coming directly from the client developer to the user, and the user presumably has a trust relationship to the client developer already.


Primal Wallet KYC info is connected to the npub. We don’t share this info, per our privacy policy, but the connection exists.

Users who want to ensure that their privacy is preserved should not use KYC-based wallets. Within Primal, you can do so by using NWC to connect to your Mutiny Wallet. This is only available on Primal for Android atm.


GM

Excited to say that the compatibility issue between Strike and fedimints appears to be resolved 🔥

We've been working with the nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg, Strike, and Fedi teams to figure out the best way to handle this and the Strike team just informed me that they deployed an update for it. Thanks a ton nostr:npub1cn4t4cd78nm900qc2hhqte5aa8c9njm6qkfzw95tszufwcwtcnsq7g3vle for working through this 🙏

That now makes zaps to Mutiny+ users possible from primal! 💪


It's time to focus on the stability of social communication. Profile pictures or names not fully loading, threads not displaying properly, notes being missed, and users unable to tag profiles that they follow are the worst bugs that we have from a user experience standpoint. These are all basic functions of being social on the Internet. If the core function of being social doesn't work well, users aren't going to stick around.


Primal has an integrated Strike-based KYC Bitcoin wallet. Not making any value judgements – I see the use case.

Do you know whether they connect your npub to your KYC data? Has anyone looked at the code? Even if I was ok with KYC'ing with Strike, I would never connect the KYC data to my npub. Would you?


If every Bitcoiner was doxxed, it would be far easier for the state to go after Bitcoiners.

If every Bitcoiner was anon, it would be far easier for the state to discredit Bitcoin.

We need both anon and true-name Bitcoiners for #Bitcoin to succeed.


Chaumian ecash is awesome.

That’s it. That’s the note.


This is now mounted just above my desk.

Every zap I get, it flashes. ⚡
https://m.primal.net/IEHL.jpg


Is your wallet still working today? https://image.nostr.build/feb55f7e318f8af50a8b872fab013daad87e54af3cdb2b91435cd55a7527ffdb.jpg


We’re not saying it’s a good idea but…

You can still buy Lightning channels from us rn


https://m.primal.net/HxhK.png

# Halving Fee Chaos

The Bitcoin halving is an anticipated event, one of those Bitcoin holidays that happen every once in a while. Along with Soft Fork Activation and various financial instrument introduction days, it's one of those not-quite-predictable days that occur every few years which give Bitcoiners reason to pay attention and mainstream media to speculate.

This year's halving was much anticipated, as halvings usually are, but we had a bit of an incident that requires some further explanation. The block subsidy decreased from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC on block 840,000 as expected, but what wasn't expected was the 37.626 BTC in fees that came along with it. To give some context, that's easily the highest ratio of fees to block subsidy that Bitcoin has *ever* had. [One transaction](https://mempool.space/tx/152b928e97bb9e874da1bd4abdf766ae0cdc7a2f260dad5542967cb414c58489) paid nearly 8 BTC in fees by itself.

## More Fees

It wasn't just block 840,000 that had high fees, over the next 5 blocks, we had fees of 4.486, 6.99, 16.068, 24.008 and 29.821 BTC respectively. The fees are the highest it's ever been. This situation in Bitcoin is unprecedented.

Up to this point in Bitcoin's history a block whose fees were higher than block subsidy were pretty rare. There were a few in the 50 and 25 BTC eras, but these were mistakes by the user (usually forgetting to put in a change address) and almost all of the fee came from a single error transaction. In the 12.5 BTC subsidy era, there were a few transactions toward the end of 2017 when the cumulative fees exceeded the 12.5 subsidy. In the just-ended 6.25 BTC subsidy era, there were many blocks during the ordinals craze which exceeded the 6.25 BTC subsidy.

Still, these were relatively rare, and most blocks even in the most recently completed era mostly didn't exceeded 1.5 BTC. Yet in this new era of 3.125 BTC subsidy, every single block as of this writing (block 840018) has had fees exceed the subsidy, some by many multiples. So what happened? Why was the halving block getting so much in fees?

## Runes

The reason has to do with a new protocol called Runes. It's yet another colored coins protocol on top of Bitcoin that Casey Rodarmor designed back in [September of 2023](https://rodarmor.com/blog/runes/). The main idea is to allow coin issuance on Bitcoin that uses the UTXO set natively.

Now to back up a bit, colored coins have been around for a long time. The main idea is that you can "color" certain Bitcoin transaction outputs as meaning something in addition to the Bitcoin amount in the output. It could be another "asset" and issued as a token. The first implementation of such a protocol happened 11 *years* ago in 2013 and there have been many attempts since, including MasterCoin (renamed Omni), CounterParty, and more recently, RGB, Taro Assets and BRC-20.

As Rodarmor states in his blog, his motivation for making another protocol is to bring some of the asset issuing from other chains to Bitcoin. To make the launch of this protocol more interesting, Rodarmor decided to start the issuance on block 840,000, leading to the chaos we saw.

## Simplification vs Game Theory

Casey Rodarmor is also the creator of ordinals, and he took one of the concepts, which was to name assets using the capital latin alphabet on Runes. This is a normal fine choice, but what happens when there's a conflict? If two assets have the same name, how do we distinguish between them?

To simplify things, the protocol just looks up what assets exist already and if the name conflicts with something that exists, then the new asset isn't issued. This indeed simplifies the client and gives a global unique name to each asset. Unfortunately, it also makes for some terrible incentives.

## Sniping Asset Issuance

The first incentive problem is that if the transaction issuing the asset is sent out to the Bitcoin mempool, then as that transaction is gossiped to nodes around the network, other observers can snipe the name by getting the transaction in earlier.

Now "earlier" in Bitcoin is a strict concept. Blocks are ordered and transactions within a block are ordered. Whichever comes first gets the symbol and the asset issuance. But if you want to squat on a good symbol name, you can just look for mempool transactions that are attempting to create a new asset and create your own with a bigger fee. That's the essence of sniping.

What's really terrible about a situation like this is that *both* transactions will likely go into the block, but only the first will successfully issue the asset. The second will not issue the asset but *still pay the fee*.

Miners generally order transactions by fee rate, so a higher fee likely means that they'll get to issue the asset. I say likely, because there's a second incentive problem here I'll discuss later. But game-theoretically, both participants are incentivized to increase fees continually to one-up each other. The dynamic is similar to the [One Dollar Auction](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollar_auction), where participants end up making rational choices, but end up with an irrational result (like paying $1.50 for $1). Every loser pays lots in fees for nothing.

## Second order Game Theory

Now given this first-order incentive playing out, it's not a surprise that a lot of issuers purposefully put in a very high fee initially to discourage anyone from trying to snipe the symbol. After all, if your sniping attempt fails, then you lose out on the fees you tried to snipe with. There's also a significant uptick in the usage of RBF for this reason, so that you have the option to one-up the sniper and the sniper to do the same to the issuer.

Note that RBF isn't useful here to *get out* of paying the fee, as a replacement transaction has to pay more than the previous transaction in fees. Either way, the miner ends up with the fees.

Now back to the miner's role. The miner can, if it so desires, give preference to the *lower* fee transaction by including it earlier in the block. Indeed, the incentive is to give miners off-band fees if possible to order transactions in such a way as to win by not revealing how much you've paid. Miners in this protocol have a lot of leverage.

## Conclusion

Runes have resulted in some really high fees, though it's hard to know if the design was intentional or unintentional. What we do know is that Runes have been hyped up for the last few months and have been anticipated for a while, and certainly being one of the first assets issued under the protocol has some marketing value for the eventual goal of getting them listed on an exchange.

Sadly, in addition to the normal scamming of altcoins being completely centralized, there is a deeper cost in terms of block space congestion, where fees of 1000 sats/vbyte are currently not enough to get into certain blocks. The Runes asset issuance has overridden almost every other use case at the moment.

That said, the current rate of Runes issuance is completely unsustainable. Just in the first 18 blocks, there's been over $20M in fees spent, most of that in Runes issuance. At this rate, Runes issuers would be spending $150M a day or $1B a week. I honestly can't see them doing this for much longer than a month or two. In the meantime, it must be great to be a miner finding these blocks.


Happy Halvening to those who celebrate.


Are you still happy now?
https://m.primal.net/HxkG.png

Now you understand why I am sad?
I survived 4th halvings and I always was worried about this aspect: I will get less and less sats.
Only fiat maxis could cheer up for halving, because they will always think that the price is NgU... they are wrong.
You will get less and less sats. And that's not a reason to cheer up and party.


You are dumber than me because you do not understand what this means... When you will run a public routing node and get these, then you will understand why I said that halving is not a reason to celebrate.
https://void.cat/d/XjjXojG9RdZCUWzvGe3H5S.webp


Bullying OpenSats members for funding is not a great strategy.

No one has a given right, if you got a no be gracious.

Find other sources, there are many other sources.

Poisoning the well and being a dick about it, just validates the decision.


💯💯💯

nostr:note1nlrlxfgqkhx2ehdrkpjvk9s3z97mjshqy6y06r87gj58pzhm34gspuqwsf


"You can't dictate how people should use bitcoin. Bitcoin has certain properties that enable different use cases. The predominant use case will fluctuate over time. Get over it." —Marty Bent


Tips for this moment high fees:

- Use minimal possible on-chain, only emergencies
- Use Lightning Network
- Use RBF/Full RBF if you wanna make transactions on-chain
- Avoid consolidate UTXOs

#bitcoin


https://t.co/7YrdzYWWI5 #bitcoin


""Fiat money, fiat families. Sound money, sound families."" —Trace Mayer


The creator of the best educational website about Bitcoin is on Nostr.

Eat that, Twitter.

nostr:nevent1qyfhwumn8ghj7mmxve3ksctfdch8qatz9uq3wamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwwpexjmtpdshxuet59uq36amnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wvf5hgcm0d9hx2u3wwdhkx6tpdshsqgrakgaw9h2sfvj4ecpcvkhnxja05tt3xdpdh3m0gklzzgzsqt06psauxnfq


Nothing beats the speed of Nostr developers.


GitHub Copilot is just a programmer worse than you typing over you on your own screen and asking you to review their code all day every day.


Llama > GitHub Copilot  nostr:note1p6cucu5mz43vk9jjlv4g6he220s5f36anchk4lunplng9zdsulrsyy5nu6


If you create a functional circular Bitcoin and lightning economy where you live , you will have done more damage to the state than a standing army. And will have brought options to those who go had none.


"The whole point of Bitcoin is that you don't need to rely on any company to be able to use your own money." —Beautyon


I’ve been focusing a lot on speed and performance improvements on NDK.

Next version of NDK will allow moving event validation (hashing and signature verification) to a worker to be performed asynchronously.


Bitcoin Core vs Knots vs ossification vs forks 🍿 #bitcoin


today i learned most bitcoiners don’t understand bitcoin
https://m.primal.net/HtXw.jpg


I believe these things require a semi-trusted central coordinator.

It would probably work on a NIP-29 group setting since you're already relying on a relay there, but I don't know.


Hey Dan, did you remember to open those channels and consolidate those UTXOs? https://image.nostr.build/0d964e6a843f74eb6b311a6782abe0f0195ef45cd80322f31a2361ce89384b9f.jpg


Amazing Dispatch from nostr:npub1mutnyacc9uc4t5mmxvpprwsauj5p2qxq95v4a9j0jxl8wnkfvuyque23vg team highlighting #fedimint, #nostr and nostr:npub19hg5pj5qmd3teumh6ld7drfz49d65sw3n3d5jud8sgz27avkq5dqm7yv9p

NWC is the biggest bitcoin UX improvement since lightning:

- NWC lets you send bitcoin in ANY app without opening your wallet

- NWC lets you send payments in the future (i.e. subscriptions)

https://fountain.fm/episode/oBHNG7Pb8YlLIkFMh3yI
nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzqpxfzhdwlm3cx9l6wdzyft8w8y9gy607tqgtyfq7tekaxs7lhmxfqyd8wumn8ghj7urewfsk66ty9enxjct5dfskvtnrdakj7qg4waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t09uqzpahdzlxez3da7zkxldwmln2dm9q367u9fvnz89jlzmgk6ld4zkje37d05d


Cashu gang to follow:

-  nostr:npub1cj6ndx5akfazux7f0vjl4fyx9k0ulf682p437fe03a9ndwqjm0tqj886t6 Cashu OG
-  nostr:npub1kvaln6tm0re4d99q9e4ma788wpvnw0jzkz595cljtfgwhldd75xsj9tkzv Android wallet
-  nostr:npub1dx5q2el8nd4eh3eg9t2e25fd7zuqg7zxz6ldkc3uzgh66ss2yc6st288sj iOS and Android wallet
-  nostr:npub1pp355axf69z8ndrz8zdnqa54s90e5xy737mwqk9e9cvt606nwszsdx8nu7 eNuts dev
-  nostr:npub1qjgcmlpkeyl8mdkvp4s0xls4ytcux6my606tgfx9xttut907h0zs76lgjw CDK dev
-  nostr:npub185u4z6rjk0qawhqjexqz4vkhd86d29csz7nt3myhv3ahtcq2xxzqvnkvuy Moksha dev
-  nostr:npub1arcweuxy0zkdcg08sljh058qp02ytrgnpzh4csa3ar42szyfgrpsw6ggtw Cashu factory
-  nostr:npub1mhcr4j594hsrnen594d7700n2t03n8gdx83zhxzculk6sh9nhwlq7uc226 npub-cash dev
-  nostr:npub1current7ntwqmh2twlrtl2llequeks0zfh36v69x4d3wmckg427safsh3w USD ecash pioneers
-  nostr:npub1zqsu3ys4fragn2a5e3lgv69r4rwwhts2fserll402uzr3qeddxfsffcqrs ecash UX pioneer
-  nostr:npub1f742zec57c6qk9ajfr8wyjn0s4vrfzh4hesyj2yqplvj5wrfydxsjprpa3 Macadamia dev
-  nostr:npub1dgesr3zcgyjv2z0050h7auzdlf88gycry7tlk7wsypmgngy97yxqv4mccn secp wizard
-  nostr:npub1thunderat5g552cuy7umk624ct5xe4tpgwr2jcjjq2gc0567wgrqnya79l cashu-kotlin dev
-  nostr:npub1a8jh7az9z4etn6s9cms0zm7kpvualkpf8tfx50qrjng3zrl8tl4syde2jz testing and QA
-  nostr:npub1q6mcr8tlr3l4gus3sfnw6772s7zae6hqncmw5wj27ejud5wcxf7q0nx7d5 OG service dev
-  nostr:npub1mznweuxrjm423au6gjtlaxmhmjthvv69ru72t335ugyxtygkv3as8q6mak design
-  nostr:npub13pn45hvfxqy5vpyr03krapqvsjpj34n74u36qz9aynw4svg5ypqszxgctw community
-  nostr:npub1rach342hnt3wa0qfqk0pey0exs2drcxfc0azs8eurwnee9vu64vs834atg Cashu web magician


NOPE. THEY BOTH COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING DEVS. THEY ARE LEGIT.

THE OTHER ETFS DID NOT SUPPORT DEVS. ONE SPECIFICALLY WAS GOING TO AND PULLED OUT AFTER TALKING TO SAYLOR. I DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE MENTIONING WHICH ONE BUT IT WAS INCREDIBLY DISAPPOINTING. I TRIED TO HANDLE IT PRIVATELY BUT IT HAS BEEN OVER THREE MONTHS SO FELT LIKE IT SHOULD BE MADE PUBLIC.


it’s ARK.

nostr:note1d8mrknfp3crf58ce7ue64qmtrunmfd5lsj0m29tjejcc6gfwqfeqhldhck


I support FOSS projects and developers #bitcoin


what do you mean? fedimint is not custodial because multisigs cannot be custodial by definition.


#bitcoin https://image.nostr.build/98ff2bb90ab90383454f85671d5f100829e39bba590c733be917e15dfc0e7f4a.jpg


I'm happy that even though Primal started this movement about caching services they are moving in the direction of implementing the outbox model at client-side. And Damus has also said they will do it, so everything should be ok.


#danstr https://i.nostr.build/POGo7.jpg


If you know any Brazilians, encourage them to join #nostr.  Their government is cracking down on social networks in an attempt to censor their access to news and speech.


nostr was started by a brazilian.

there are no coincidences.

nostr:note1qqyys32cqnsethynsrlwkxn2aqdlk9e7n9as3wg9hwmt27pfp0cqrzzgef


Why nostr:
- You own your identity
- Your speech stands on its own
- You can run your own everything
- You own and control your social graph
- You are free to say and do anything, but you are not free from consequences (non-repudiation of cryptographic signatures)
- You can proof realness via proof-of-work, either directly or indirectly
- Proof-of-work is what allows you to successfully combat bots, spam, and trolls, as it brings real cost to destructive actions
- Ownership and realness allows you to build and curate webs of trust, which allows for canonicality without central authority


Dear EU Legislators,

I wrote this in 2021 for a reason.

Love,
A concerned citizen.
https://dergigi.com/2021/08/02/implications-of-outlawing-bitcoin/


#bitcoin https://image.nostr.build/35ef29aec03bcbf75d464dd87efc5c171172b0071e0cb4c7964ebcdd702489c5.jpg


Tens of thousands of years of human history of being responsible for your own wealth was trained out of people in a just a few decades. It's 100% not a normal reaction. We need to go back to normality.


https://image.nostr.build/89a0faf07e8988a3abda2baa05ea78c773c069515ef4c5d2682cf0b0d5308971.png

This is a relay implementation I plan to release shortly. It will be the most flexible relay to operate and write plugins for. It will be perfect for small relays of several hundreds of people for local communities, friends, and small businesses.

Pay-To-Join, Pay-To-Post, per-kind-access-control, read/write separation, all sorts of features that a relay admin wants will be implemented.

You can deploy it to your own server, or use serverless platform such as Deno Deploy to no-code deploy.

Make Small Relay Great Again! #MSRGA

Stay Tuned


# Nostr is not decentralized nor censorship-resistant

Peter Todd has been [saying this](nostr:nevent1qqsq5zzu9ezhgq6es36jgg94wxsa2xh55p4tfa56yklsvjemsw7vj3cpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqpr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ez6ur4vgh8wetvd3hhyer9wghxuet5qy8hwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnddaksz9rhwden5te0dehhxarj9ehhsarj9ejx2aspzfmhxue69uhk7enxvd5xz6tw9ec82cspz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3vamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwdehhxarj9e3xzmnyqy28wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwdaehgu3wvfnsz9nhwden5te0wfjkccte9ec8y6tdv9kzumn9wspzpn92tr3hexwgt0z7w4qz3fcch4ryshja8jeng453aj4c83646jxvxkyvs4) for a long time and all the time I've been thinking he is misunderstanding everything, but I guess a more charitable interpretation is that he is right.

Nostr _today_ is indeed centralized.

Yesterday I published two harmless notes with the exact same content at the same time. In two minutes the notes had a noticeable difference in responses:

![](https://blob.satellite.earth/53b3eec9ffaada20b7c27dee4fa7a935adedcc337b9332b619c782b030eb5226)

The top one was published to `wss://nostr.wine`, `wss://nos.lol`, `wss://pyramid.fiatjaf.com`. The second was published to the relay where I generally publish all my notes to, `wss://pyramid.fiatjaf.com`, and that is announced on my [NIP-05 file](https://fiatjaf.com/.well-known/nostr.json) and on my [NIP-65](https://nips.nostr.com/65) relay list.

A few minutes later I published that screenshot again in two identical notes to the same sets of relays, asking if people understood the implications. The difference in quantity of responses can still be seen today:

![](https://blob.satellite.earth/df993c3fb91eaeff461186248c54f39c2eca3505b68dac3dc9757c77e9373379)

These results are skewed now by the fact that the two notes got rebroadcasted to multiple relays after some time, but the fundamental point remains.

What happened was that a huge lot more of people saw the first note compared to the second, and if Nostr was really censorship-resistant that shouldn't have happened at all.

Some people implied in the comments, with an air of obviousness, that publishing the note to "more relays" should have predictably resulted in more replies, which, again, shouldn't be the case if Nostr is really censorship-resistant.

What happens is that most people who engaged with the note are _following me_, in the sense that they have instructed their clients to fetch my notes on their behalf and present them in the UI, and clients are failing to do that despite me making it clear in multiple ways that my notes are to be found on `wss://pyramid.fiatjaf.com`.

If we were talking not about me, but about some public figure that was being censored by the State and got banned (or shadowbanned) by the 3 biggest public relays, the sad reality would be that the person would immediately get his reach reduced to ~10% of what they had before. This is not at all unlike what happened to dozens of personalities that were banned from the corporate social media platforms and then moved to other platforms -- how many of their original followers switched to these other platforms? Probably some small percentage close to 10%. In that sense Nostr today is similar to what we had before.

Peter Todd is right that if the way Nostr works is that you just subscribe to a small set of relays and expect to get everything from them then it tends to get very centralized very fast, and this is the reality today.

Peter Todd is wrong that Nostr is _inherently_ centralized or that it needs a _protocol change_ to become what it has always purported to be. He is in fact wrong today, because what is written above is not valid for all clients of today, and if we [drive in the right direction](nostr:naddr1qqykycekxd3nxdpcvgq3zamnwvaz7tmxd9shg6npvchxxmmdqgsrhuxx8l9ex335q7he0f09aej04zpazpl0ne2cgukyawd24mayt8grqsqqqa2803ksy8) we can successfully make Peter Todd be more and more wrong as time passes, instead of the contrary.

---

See also:

  - [Censorship-resistant relay discovery in Nostr](nostr:naddr1qqykycekxd3nxdpcvgq3zamnwvaz7tmxd9shg6npvchxxmmdqgsrhuxx8l9ex335q7he0f09aej04zpazpl0ne2cgukyawd24mayt8grqsqqqa2803ksy8)
  - [A vision for content discovery and relay usage for basic social-networking in Nostr](nostr:naddr1qqyrxe33xqmxgve3qyghwumn8ghj7enfv96x5ctx9e3k7mgzyqalp33lewf5vdq847t6te0wvnags0gs0mu72kz8938tn24wlfze6qcyqqq823cywwjvq)


FUCK COMPLIANCE!
Bitcoin is fuck you money!
Compliance with the state is just admission that they own you
https://stacker.news/items/467362


Guys, never give up, even if you feel that Bitcoin is dying, you still have a chance to kill the govs and banksters...

https://m.primal.net/HlGu.mp4
#memes #bitcoin #FED


We're happy to announce Mutiny Wallet is now available on iOS and Android!

https://m.primal.net/HiNK.jpg
https://m.primal.net/HiNL.jpg

In addition to the existing PWA, you can now get the same great Mutiny experience in native app form directly from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.

We built Mutiny to be unstoppable. To do that, we knew we had to build it first for the web, without the censorship of permissioned app stores. Today, anyone can visit app.mutinywallet.com and get a self-custodial lightning wallet that can't be shut down by Apple or Google.

We have had the Android APK available to download for awhile, but starting today you may get it directly from the Google Play Store or using Obtainium on our Github. Here is the Play link:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mutinywallet.mutinywallet

The testflight has been out for awhile too, exclusive to our Mutiny+ users. Now available to all is our iOS Apple Store release.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mutiny-wallet/id6471030760

We have a lot of new features planned for Mutiny Wallet in the coming months (for all platforms), so stay tuned as we work to make Mutiny more social, more powerful, and even easier to use.

if you want to help shape Mutiny's future, please join our new Discord server or Matrix community. We want to build the best spending wallet in bitcoin and your feedback can help us get there.

https://discord.gg/x3njeHUjVd

More info in the blog below:

https://blog.mutinywallet.com/mutiny-wallet-android-and-ios/


For all those noobs arrived in Bitcoinlandia in the last 2-3 years, I would invite you to watch this mini-series about Bitcoin.

The Max Keiser series "To The Moon" about Bitcoin history, with ES subtitles.
Max and Stacy take you on an exciting journey TO THE MOON in their new series all about bitcoin. They look at the freaks, the geeks, the trolls, the cypherpunks, and all those who got REKT along the way.

https://www.bitchute.com/playlist/gch25VHc4GLh/


Ousted Vanguard CEO Gets Revenge On Bitcoin By Crashing The Internet At All Time High

Written by Rod Palmer
https://www.bugle.news/ousted-vanguard-ceo-pulls-plug-on-the-internet/